The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-24

the of the place n should be renewed 70
the name iessso until 1884, and At the tame moderate
rental
Giuseppe Iampsrt Who two years ago "" the
director Of te Apollo Theatre In Rome, has assumed the
mannQem ent Of La Scala In Milan Tho new iinpretsArio
IL to open tho season with "rannhaussr.'
tn. Government, subsidy for ninety operate PER-
formances given between the Apollo and Argentine
Theatres, In Rorns, s Ieooco lire or $4,000
usrren Frisdhsim and stsvenhsgen. two osrrnsn
panls,a have picked up Of Liszts ideas and have
settled In wonar the to impart Instruction
free of charge, to promising young students
B.srio lights are to be used in the Berlin Opera House
this winter.
Giovanni ponirett tho Last surviving nephew Of tho
composer, died iatoly ut Berssnno.
monument 20 Joseph iinydn has been erected on The
saunys facing tho Observation-Disclosures, in Vienna The
pedestal described quite unworthy tho statue that
rscs H. Subscription lists have been opened with
view to erecting . similar monument TO Mozart but
tho public, at last accounts showed little anxiety To con.
tribute to the fund and thorc was some hkohood that
the project would DO abandoned.
Tho lnstsaeAe Iaindscaau IN thoughtful article on
tho trcolo In song attributes all tho defects of tho
voice bad management Of the breath Upon i Judi
cious control concludes tho Etndschdu, depend the
strength and lasting power Of the vocnl organs purity
Of in,onatsn, timbro and nrrnness ot tone
Tho Eeue ls,fa z.ituao prints article OF Ernest
Pasquts on the origin OF "The Marselnise" Accord.
ing H. PasquA tho air hitherto nseribod TO Rouget DO
Lisio originally part OF m oratorio whereas Racine
wrote the words and Grison the organis Of tho Cntho'
dral OF Saint omer tho music 7bc oratorio was en-.
ti.ied "Esther" and was composed between ITO and
1881 while tho patriotic hymn not brought out until
ina In the older work the tune is welded to verses
coming under tie caption OF "stansas on cnlumny."
no diminut,vs tenor. Lazzarini who sang in this
country some years ago Ii dollgh.inR Australian
audieneea
The newest orcra brought forth in Italy threeact
setting Of Mcrimee's "Coiomba"-whlch had already
supplied Gounod with lbrctto-by " Radeglia "co.
lombao was produced at tho Dial Verne Theatre in
Milan and was not successful But as sisnor RadosiA
the composer only q ycars Of ago no Is likely to DO
heard from again.
Asiast accounts Mas,nL the that received $780,
600 nifty South America had reached
Buenos Ayres and effected his debut. Three thousand
bowling admirers headed by brass band, were at hand
to receive him whom he stepped OF the steamer and on
tho night OF hs nrst was accomplish
cd In "Rguietto commanded mp to 30 apiece.
The letters to the Italian newspapers In relation to tho
tenors debut made up Of substantves synonymous
with Jnntsmo aud derto Thcy aao contain the cheer
fol ntegencs-by implicatlon-that the audience had
no for any ono else but Masini
n Maurei has tecn made Knight OF the Order Of tho
Crown Of Italy And no has had to his recent
apers the nrothers Cori for eight or nine thousand
francs him for three supplementary performances
OF OteIlo" which were to have been given In Vonce
but were indefinitely postponed because Of the illness Of
the soprano.
Nine. Pstti N studying "Lakmh" and sgnor sspfa
her whrom aceompanist has accompanied her to Craig
Nos to 50 over Deibes soore with tho prima DONNA
sisnor RAVEN has apparently met with little success
IN South America for kilograms have been received In
Italy sunmoning other artists to La Plata As the South
American impresario this Is loss person than
the teuor s.aeno. whose fondpess for damaging tho
reputation Of his rvaseven when they arc under en-.
gayement hi-s widely known II isinfsrred that no
has done his best to mako RaveIli unpopular.
the p.on.4 Of the Imperial Theatre In St. Petersburg
inclndes 1900 employAea Of whom 600 musicians
100 choristers and 400 Russian, GormRr and French
aotora sctresses, and singers
According to tho rroruto the renowned double bars
vuoso Boteesn has been engaged by Mr. Abbey for On
American concert tour.
sisnor Giannini sings next season in Havana and in
Mexico
The Wagner Association Of Bologna in which city
..toheu9n" was first given In Italy, Is using its in0u
ence with the local authorities to bring about the pro
duction Of "Trstan and Isolde" at the Tcatro Comu
nails while tho Musical Exhibition at Bologna Is In pro-
gross In 1888.
On tho night Of the destruction Of tho Paris OPERA
Comique tho total receipts Of the Paris theatres
es2a f.ancs tho night following they fell to 2o74o
Ata recent sale Of the manuscripts Of Ferdinand David
at he Hotel Drouu In Paris tho original score OF Le
Desert" went for 60 franco
The outlay for each performance Of vcrdls "otello"
n La fen!ce in Man. as follows: ramagna $500
Ire sso Maurei 900 Are; signora GabbL 1900; Facco
Ohio cunduotorl coo; Navarini and PaolL 800 each;
Amonta 200; signor Boine:to 800; the chorus 500;
the band 1000; dresses scenery &c. 4ooo publishers
T1ghtA 20oo-in al, upward Of 1900
Nine scalchL now in London, goes to Lisbon for tho
ian season OF opera ut the st Carlo Theatre.
French orchestrns have la.ely shown determination
profit by the cnfrauchsns tendency Of republican
rule. At tho Opera Populaise Normcrly the Chateau
dBau Thoatre) in Paris few nights ago the band de-
cined play until the settled his indebtedness
As tho spectators already In their seat the author
fly Of Tie Commissaire do Police invoked md tho
d,culty was finally overcome to the satisfaction Of all
parties somewhat similar Incident occurred almost
simultaneously. In Marseilos whore the orchestra
fused to perform bonest night unless paid for
its servicea As no money forthcoming an attempt
was made 10 accompany the performance-the pro.
eramme including an opera and ballet-on two pianos
To ths however the spectators objected with Southern
vehemence and tho affair ended with the dismissal OF
the audience otter tho money received q: tho box office
had been refunded.